Fashionable bank robber strikes twice

WILLINGBORO -- After a robber strolled into a Burlington County bank at 9 a.m. Tuesday, then hit another bank in Audubon 45 minutes later, officers noticed a couple of unusual things on the surveillance tapes.

Well, at least regarding her headgear. This robber didn’t have on the usual Yankees’ or Phillies’ cap often seen in surveillance photos released by authorities.

“It was just Navy blue,” DeCristofor said. “Because it has the logo on the front, witnesses were able to identify it as a Ralph Lauren. I believe it (the logo) is just a pony.”

The robber, who was believed to have a male getaway driver waiting in a car outside, first went into a Beneficial Bank in the 600 block of Beverly-Rancocas Roads in Willingboro, about 9 a.m.

She wasn’t showing a gun, but she is reported to have passed a teller a note, warning she had a weapon, and demanding money.

The second robbery at 9:45 a.m. occurred at a Susquehanna Bank in Audubon, Camden County, in the first block of the White Horse Pike.

“The suspect was described as wearing a light blue rain coat with a dark blue Ralph Lauren baseball hat,” the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office said in a news release.

“She fled the scene of both robberies in a tan or silver vehicle, possibly a Buick or a Pontiac with the partial license plate of X88-. There may have been a male driver in the vehicle.”

According to a report last month published by The Daily Beast, the latest FBI crime stats show that women are pulling off nearly one in 10 bank heists in the United States, almost double the rate of a decade ago.